Retail spending is recovering more slowly than expected because jittery consumers worry about the economic outlook and possible job losses.
Several videos which were viral on social media platforms, showed protesters throwing water bottles at officers with helmets and shields outside the blue-domed Najiaying Mosque in Yuxi, a city in Yunnan province.
The billionaire was expected to meet the top Chinese officials but it wasn't clear whether he would be meeting President Xi Jinping or Premier Li Qiang.
Surprisingly, debt is consuming an ever-greater amount of the tax revenue needed to keep schools open, provide electricity and pay for food and fuel.
As per the statement, the P8I aircraft carried out multiple and extensive searches despite adverse weather and added it has located multiple objects possibly belonging to the sunken vessel.
Kuleba repeated his government's position that Ukraine wouldn't accept any proposal involving the loss of its territories or the “freezing of the conflict.
It is worth mentioning the $50 billion Pakistan component of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative -- has not progressed well under the Imran Khan government. And, China believes if Imran Khan's government again came into power, it would be tough to negotiate with the cricketer-turned-politician.
"We’ve never been shy of talking, and we hope the Chinese will meet us halfway on this," said a US diplomat.
Unlike earlier, this time, the US official said that the balloon did not go over any sensitive areas and the official asserted it poses no threat to aerial traffic or national security.
It is worth mentioning that Beijing claims the South China Sea virtually in its entirety, putting it on a collision course with other claimants.
Russia Ukraine war: Xi told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a phone call that a Chinese envoy, a former Chinese ambassador to Russia, would visit Ukraine and “other countries” to discuss a possible political settlement, according to a government statement.
Xi appealed for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, warning that “there is no winner in a nuclear war".
Interestingly, some reports suggest that Islamabad is indirectly pressuring Beijing to pardon its massive loan from China or extend deadlines to avoid the impending default.
China said on Wednesday that the exercises simulating an encirclement of Taiwan were intended as a “serious warning” to pro-independence politicians on the self-governing island and their foreign supporters.
Although there was no mention of any peace talks on Sunday, a statement released by the Kremlin termed the recent visit of Xi as "very productive".
The test was “defensive in nature and not targeted against any country,” the ministry said, giving no other details such as whether it actually struck an object, how many interceptors were fired and where they landed.
Trump, who was indicted in New York Court in a sensational hush-money case, spoke to Fox News, where he called Macron a good friend but uttered cuss words against him.
"The theatre's troops are ready to fight at all times and can fight at any time to resolutely smash any form of Taiwan independence' and foreign interference attempts," the Chinese military said.
The United States, on several occasions, termed sailing in the South China Sea as their international navigation rights, while Beijing called it "illegal".
According to the Taiwanese Defence Ministry, the Chinese warplanes crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan’s southwest and southeast ADIZ.
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